On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 09:19:08PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Leading on from the earlier posters question about configuring an > encrypted filesystem that does not interrupt the boot process with > a password prompt... > > Can anyone tell me what the 'Debian way' is to remove something > (in this case 'cryptdisks') from runlevel 'S'? > > The relevent links are: > /etc/rc0.d/K48cryptdisks > /etc/rc6.d/K48cryptdisks > /etc/rcS.d/S28cryptdisks > > Ultimately I just need to achieve the equivalent of > rm /etc/rc[06S].d/*cryptdisks > but in a way that won't fall faul of the APT system.. > > I am sure I have seen 'update-rc.d' suggested in the past, > but the manpage warns: > Please note that this program was designed for use in package main? > tainer scripts and, accordingly, has only the very limited functional? > ity required by such scripts. System administrators are not encouraged > to use update-rc.d to manage runlevels. They should edit the links > directly or use runlevel editors such as sysv-rc-conf and bum instead. > > indicating that it isn't the approved way to do it..
Maybe this description needs update. update-rc.d is not well suited as an easy-to-use interactive tool but certainly works fine. I think use of rm or mv are right as long as you do it right. > I tried the graphical runlevel editor 'bum', but it > gives a message stating: > Editing in run level S is not allowed! > Playing with rcS.d symlinks is an administration activity > requiring deep knowledge of the runlevel system. > (it also bus-errors when I try to run it on a remote Xterm, but > that is another story...) > > Finally, I tried using 'sysv-rc-conf', and it seems that it did allow > me to deactivate cryptdisks - although not by just removing the links, > but instead changed the > /etc/rcS.d/S28cryptdisks > symlink to > /etc/rcS.d/K48cryptdisks > > which I suppose has the desired effect, although I am not clear on > the logic behind doing it this way... > > Does anyone know what is 'best practice', and what the logic is > behind the way things are being done? > > Regards, > DigbyT > -- > Digby R. S. Tarvin > digbyt(at)digbyt.com > http://www.digbyt.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
